Complete Guide to Sightseeing Spots and Activities in the Popular Tourist Destination Inawashiro Inawashiro Town in Fukushima Prefecture is located almost in the center of Fukushima Prefecture, and is a tourist destination with many natural attractions, including the magnificent Mt. Bandai and Lake Inawashiro, the fourth largest lake in Japan. This area has many spots where you can enjoy sports and leisure all year round, such as mountain climbing, skiing/snowboarding, lake bathing, water sports, fishing, and camping. Origin of Inawashiro The origin of Inawashiro is that when the villagers were struggling to clear the land, a wild Japanese boar trampled the land and created Nawashiro paddy fields by the miracle […]

The past when there was no kingfisher even though it was a kingfisher aquarium Inawashiro Kingfisher Aquarium is located in Midori-no-Mura (Green Village), a nature park in Inawashiro Town, Fukushima Prefecture. The aquarium exhibits freshwater fish and aquatic insects that live in Fukushima Prefecture, as well as kingfishers, brown dippers, and river otters, and other water creatures that are rarely seen, reproducing their habitats. Origin of the name of the Kingfisher Aquarium In 1989, the Kingfisher Aquarium opened together with the “Midori no Mura (Green Village)” as the “Inawashiro Freshwater Fish Museum”. Since 2015, we have entrusted the operation to the Fukushima Marine Science Museum, which has operated Aquamarine Fukushima, […]

I spent a luxurious time with a cup of milk tea and a piece of cake at the old villa of the Imperial family in Lake Inawashiro, Fukushima Prefecture. Prince Arisugawanomiya Takehito, who toured the shores of Lake Inawashiro in Inawashiro Town, Fukushima Prefecture, was impressed by the scenic beauty of the scenery, and in 1907 built a villa called “TenKyokaku (former Arisugawanomiya Okinajima villa).” There is also the old villa for the Takamatsu family (now called Fukushima Geihinkan) nearby. In 1952, the ownership of “Tenkyokaku” was transferred to Fukushima Prefecture and opened to the public since the 1980s. This building is designated as an important cultural property of Japan. […]

Dr. Hideyo Noguchi’s Robot gestures are too real! The Hideyo Noguchi Memorial Museum is located on the shores of Lake Inawashiro in Fukushima Prefecture. Dr. Hideyo Noguchi, well known for his portrait on the 1,000-yen bill, was a world-renowned bacteriologist, born in 1876 in Mitsuwa Village (now Inawashiro Town), Fukushima Prefecture. At the age of one, he fell into a sunken hearth and suffered a serious burn on his left hand. When he underwent surgery on his left hand as a junior high school student, he discovered the wonders of medicine and devoted himself to his studies. at the age of 19, he moved to Tokyo to obtain a medical […]